Dear Ariel,

0) Context

I am working on WP-MIRROR 0.8. The concept is that WP-MIRROR will be ``WMF in a microcosm''. To this end, I am enhancing the --dump option of WP-MIRROR. I would like it to be able to generate XML/SQL dumps just like WMF does. I will also add the capability to generate ZIM files, media tarballs, etc.

1) Code

Could you please tell me what code is being used at WMF to generate your monthly XML/SQL dumps. Also let me know if there is any relevant documentation.

2) DEB

I would like to consider rolling the dump generating code into a DEB package, as was done for your `mwxml2sql'. As before, I would be happy to write the man page.

Sincerely Yours,

Kent